History isn't just something to read about; we are all living through it and have the power to shape it. The only way to make history is to embrace this moment, focus on what we can control, and respond to obstacles with virtue. #MakeHistory #FocusOnTheMoment #Virtue
#MakeHistory
The #OMN View – The Dogma of Anti-Dogma: Rainbow Gatherings
In the alt paths we need to talk about a circler familiar mess: when movements that are open, non-hierarchical, and anti-authoritarian end up recreating the hierarchical problems they set out to escape. This is the “dogma of anti-dogma”, and you see it everywhere, the example I am using here is in groups like the Rainbow Gatherings. The Rainbow Gatherings have deep roots in 1970s counterculture. Born from the peace and ecology movements, it emerged with a back-to-the-land, […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-view-the-dogma-of-anti-dogma-rainbow-gatherings/
Rebooting the #openweb in a good way
The #Fediverse exists, and more than that, it’s alive and kicking. Sure, it might be a messy, chaotic, a bit fragmented, and yes, still niche. But let’s not underplay it, this is the healthiest corners of the internet we’ve got. Tens of million accounts, hundreds of thousands active people, sometimes talking about how we build our digital spaces from the bottom up. Yep, there are the cat videos, the #fluffys and the #spikys. But also an in-group debate is bubbling away about who […]https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-openweb-in-a-good-way/
BIG NEWS! I’m officially running to be Colorado’s next State Treasurer! 🎉
As Treasurer, I’ll fight to:
✅ Give back the $2 billion of unclaimed property to Coloradans
✅ Protect PERA
✅ Invest taxpayer dollars wisely
✅ Expand retirement security
✅ Ensure fiscal responsibility
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#BriannaForCO #BriannaTitone #COTreasurer #MakeHistory #TransLeadership #LGBTQVictory #COPolitics #ColoradoPolitics
The billionaire problem, Elon Musk, tech oligarchs, and the #deathcult of wealth as a social path.
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is emblematic of a larger issue: the unchecked power of tech oligarchs. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill millionaires; they’re part of a nasty few, the class that operates above the ultra-wealthy, shaping politics, economies, and societies to their inadequacy. While the myth is pushed that billionaires are brilliant innovators who work harder than everyone else, the reality is darker. Their actions reflect a destructive #deathcult mentality, hoarding resources, manipulating public discourse, and pushing harmful ideologies for personal gain and standing.
Let’s start with Musk himself. People think of him as the “SpaceX and Tesla guy,” (this is not true, but that’s another story) his behaviour since acquiring Twitter reveals his priorities. Musk purchased the platform for $43 billion, not as a business investment, but as a tool for propaganda to consolidate power and influence politics. To platforming far-right politics, by amplify propaganda and undermine the thin remaining democratic paths. From boosting bots that inflate the appearance of support for far-right ideologies to reinstating accounts that push hate speech, these actions directly impact global politics.
This control of Twitter, and most importantly the chattering classes that stay in this #dotcons, has silenced the little dissent left. Bot-driven disinformation spreading far-right ideologies isn’t accidental; it’s strategic manipulation of public opinion to push agendas. Like supporting trump and authoritarianism, spending over $250 million on Trump’s election campaigns.
Musk isn’t alone, tech oligarchs like Bezos and Zuckerberg are equally complicit in reshaping society to benefit themselves, at the now clear expense of the public. Bezos’s quiet Influence, unlike #Musk, #Bezos operates in the shadows, Amazon spends millions lobbying US politicians to block antitrust laws and maintain monopolies to exploits workers and maximise profit. His strategy is quieter but no less harmful. #Zuckerberg’s free speech farce, with the ending of liberal fact-checking on #Facebook under the guise of “free speech.” The result? A flood of bots spreading hate speech, disinformation, and simple propaganda. By prioritising profit over public responsibility, this #dotcons becomes another breeding ground for extremism.
The #feudalistic influence of tech princes and oligarchs has consequences that go far beyond social media with political manipulation, global meddling. This is no longer just about wealth, it’s about shaping geopolitical realities. This is going to accelerate the current climate and resource chaos. So why do meany of us keep bowing? There is a persistence of the billionaire myth, the idea that they’re smarter, harder-working, and more deserving, which keeps #mainstreaming people from challenging this power. But it should be obvious these aren’t self-made geniuses, they’re nasty inadequate opportunists thriving in a broken system. This isn’t just about Musk or any of the other nasty few billionaires. It’s about rejecting the #deathcult of greed and exploitation our socialites are based on. The rise of billionaires as political actors isn’t inevitable, it’s a symptom of a path that values unrestrained profit over people.
The #OMN has a vision for something better, decentralised, open, and community-driven governance. A world where power is distributed, not hoarded by a handful of deranged oligarchs. The challenge is to make this vision a real path, and to turn our distaste for the status quo into action for this change and challenge.
OMN #openweb #fediverse #makehistory #deathcult #OGB #visionontv
https://hamishcampbell.com/tech-princes-and-the-deathcult/
#Bezos #deathcult #dotcons #Facebook #fediverse #feudalistic #mainstreaming #MakeHistory #Musk #OGB #OMN #openweb #visionontv #Zuckerberg
The dead ideology of Neo-liberalism is everywhere. It’s in everything we look at, everything we touch. And while it might feel uncomfortable, we should feel distaste when we look at it and revulsion when we touch it, this is the reality of living under a #deathcult. For the past 40 years, we’ve been immersed in a system that most people still worship as if there’s no alternative.
But where is the path out? Where is the vision for something different, something rooted in solidarity and sustainability rather than profit and exploitation? Take a moment to look at this example of a #4opens project from a simpler time: Wikipedia revision history from 2011. Note the commitment to “strict scrutiny”, which required that any security measures serve a compelling community interest and be narrowly focused to achieve that and nothing else.
Compare that principle to the current state of tech, where the #encryptionsist agenda overshadows transparency and community accountability. The shift has been stark, away from openness, away from scrutiny, and towards the path where security becomes a shield for entrenched power and control.
We need to confront this head-on. The #deathcult thrives on our passive acceptance of neoliberal norms. Revulsion isn’t just justified; it’s necessary. The path we need to take is in rejecting this #blocking to build the #4opens alternatives we so desperately need.
OMN #IndyMediaBack #OpenWeb #MakeHistory #OGB
let’s look at an example of this in our current lives. People have been living in the shadow of neoliberalism for so long that worshipping the #deathcult has become their nature. The values of exploitation, competition, and #stupidindividualism are baked into what’s considered “normal” behaviour. In contrast, embracing a #lifecult, based on collaboration, community, and sustainability—feels alien, even threatening, to many “normal” people.
This is one of the reasons the #Fediverse and alternative social media platforms have struggled to gain traction. The Fediverse embodies #lifecult principles: decentralisation, mutual aid, and the rejection of exploitative corporate models. While these are positive ideals, they feel too far removed from the familiar patterns of the #deathcult for most people to take the leap.
A cynical path we could take is to meet people halfway. Instead of demanding they abandon their comfort zone entirely, we could make the Fediverse appear less like a #lifecult at first glance by presenting it in ways that feel more approachable and less intimidating, more like the #deathcult they are used to. Yes, the Fediverse should stay true to its principles, but making it less of an overt #lifecult and more of a practical, attractive alternative, #deathcult could be the “common sense” step we need to bring people over. Once they’re in, the actually, hopefully still existing culture and values of the Fediverse will begin to work their magic.
What do you think? Should we focus on shadowing the approach to reach more people, or would that risk diluting the values that make the #Fediverse what it is? How do we live this balance in our #openweb reboot
https://hamishcampbell.com/a-world-we-see-as-normal/
#4opens #blocking #deathcult #encryptionsist #fediverse #indymediaback #lifecult #MakeHistory #OGB #openweb #stupidindividualism
The OMN path, building the activist openweb infrastructure
The #OpenMediaNetwork (#OMN) offers a clear, practical path to (re)building the #openweb, grounded in #4opens. It does this by leveraging common open protocols like #ActivityPub (#AP) and #RSS, alongside existing #FOSS software, to create a distributed network of media platforms where people and groups can join, participate, and contribute. This, like the #Fediverse, is a challenge to the centralised, corporate-dominated structures which define so much of the current internet landscape.How to […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-is-building-the-openweb-infrastructure/
Watch Kelly Rowland and Beyonce’s speeches at the Kamala Harris rally in Texas. Women claiming their space and power and rights and I am so here for it I could just burst.
Do it, America, grab that pen and do it.
Our profile pic is a tribute to Juanita Brooks (1898-1989), historian and memoirist, recently memorialized with this statue in her longtime hometown of St. George, UT. Brooks was not specifically a historian of LDS women, but she continues to inspire many of us to get to work. #mormonwomenshistory #ldswomen #ldshistodon #ldshistory #wellbehavedwomen #makehistory
The Web is 30 years old today !
https://www.history.com/.amp/news/the-worlds-first-web-site
British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee published the first website on August, 6, 1991. WOW
از شمال به جنوب ایتالیا کارگران، رانندگان آمازون برای شرایط کاری بهتر دست به اعتصاب سراسری زدن.
Von Nord nach Süd hat der #Amazon-Streik begonnen. Arbeiter*Innen in #Lagerhäusern und #Fahrer*Innen fordern bessere Arbeitsbedingungen!
#Lombardia: #Amazon #strikehard #makehistory #whitemonday
SCIOPERO AMAZON
"Siamo persone, non algoritmi! Basta correre!".
Questo recitava uno striscione esposto a uno dei tanti picchetti che, da questa mattina, si stanno svolgendo fuori dai vari magazzini del colosso americano in tutta Italia.
Tra i motivi dello sciopero i ritmi di lavoro estenuanti e l'enorme precarizzazione di una fetta consistente di coloro che prestano la loro opera per l'azienda di Bezos.
RT @NORML@twitter.com
HISTORIC!
Never has the @HouseJudiciary@twitter.com Committee taken up a bill to end the prohibition and criminalization of marijuana.
Now is our time. We must win on Wednesday and #MakeHistory.
Read more and contact your lawmakers here: https://blog.norml.org/2019/11/18/house-committee-markup-announced-to-end-marijuana-prohibition/
♲ @Jörg Bangerter (crashice76@twitter.com): also Herr Josi jetzt dann zuerst Schlittschuhe aufs Eis #swesui #SWEvsSUI #IIHFWorlds2018 #IIHFWorlds #eisgenossen #makehistory
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